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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:H2A Terminals - Luminary activated.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A Luminary depicting the Halo Array.]] | [[File:H2A Terminals - Luminary activated.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A Luminary depicting the Halo Array.]] | ||
The Luminary aboard ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' was used by the [[San'Shyuum]] [[Reformists]] during their exodus from [[Janjur Qom]]. During the [[War of Beginnings]], it was used by the Reformists to locate valuable relics, which ultimately put them into conflict with the [[Sangheili]] and resulted in battles such as the [[ | The Luminary aboard ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' was used by the [[San'Shyuum]] [[Reformists]] during their exodus from [[Janjur Qom]]. During the [[War of Beginnings]], it was used by the Reformists to locate valuable relics, which ultimately put them into conflict with the [[Sangheili]] and resulted in battles such as the [[Skirmish of the Planet of Blue and Red|battle]] on [[Anvarl]].{{Ref/Novel|BC|Chapter=Prologue}} | ||
After the end of the war and the formation of the Covenant, the San'Shyuum continued to experiment with ''Anodyne Spirit''{{'}}s Luminary. By attempting to copy it, they were drawn to the gas giant [[Te]] in the [[Svir system]], relatively close to [[Sanghelios]]. The Luminary detected a trove of relics in the system only to find the remnants of a Forerunner [[space station]] that had been eaten by the [[Lekgolo]] worms. This ultimately led to the Lekgolo joining the Covenant, after being "tamed" by [[Arbiter]] [[Jeht 'Lcmutee]].{{Ref/Reuse|CH16}} | After the end of the war and the formation of the Covenant, the San'Shyuum continued to experiment with ''Anodyne Spirit''{{'}}s Luminary. By attempting to copy it, they were drawn to the gas giant [[Te]] in the [[Svir system]], relatively close to [[Sanghelios]]. The Luminary detected a trove of relics in the system only to find the remnants of a Forerunner [[space station]] that had been eaten by the [[Lekgolo]] worms. This ultimately led to the Lekgolo joining the Covenant, after being "tamed" by [[Arbiter]] [[Jeht 'Lcmutee]].{{Ref/Reuse|CH16}} | ||
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===Use in the war=== | ===Use in the war=== | ||
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Covenant commanders used Luminaries to both hunt down humans{{Ref/Reuse|CHE}} and uncover new Forerunner relics. | During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Covenant commanders used Luminaries to both hunt down humans{{Ref/Reuse|CHE}} and uncover new Forerunner relics. {{Pattern|Makar|light corvette}}s were installed with Luminaries as standard and used as scouts with the purpose of both locating Forerunner artefacts and keeping a watchful eye over their own fleet for signs of disloyalty.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=268}} | ||
{{Pattern|Makar|light corvette}}s were installed with Luminaries as standard and used as scouts with the purpose of both locating Forerunner artefacts and keeping a watchful eye over their own fleet for signs of disloyalty.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=268}} | |||
Upon his promotion to [[Supreme Commander]], [[Rho 'Barutamee]] was entrusted with a rare Forerunner-built Luminary with which to use as part of [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence|his fleet's]] duties as a long-ranged scout for the empire.{{Ref/Reuse|fb5}} Rho hoped to use his Luminary to eventually uncover [[Maethrillian]], the long-lost capital of the Forerunner [[Ecumene]];{{Ref/Book|Id=fb35|Halo: Fleet Battles - The Fall of Reach campaign guide|Page=35}} however, it ended up ultimately leading him to the [[Beta Eridani system]], and ultimately [[Reach]] itself - beginning the climactic [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|fb5}} | Upon his promotion to [[Supreme Commander]], [[Rho 'Barutamee]] was entrusted with a rare Forerunner-built Luminary with which to use as part of [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence|his fleet's]] duties as a long-ranged scout for the empire.{{Ref/Reuse|fb5}} Rho hoped to use his Luminary to eventually uncover [[Maethrillian]], the long-lost capital of the Forerunner [[Ecumene]];{{Ref/Book|Id=fb35|Halo: Fleet Battles - The Fall of Reach campaign guide|Page=35}} however, it ended up ultimately leading him to the [[Beta Eridani system]], and ultimately [[Reach]] itself - beginning the climactic [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|fb5}} | ||
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[[Category:Sensors]] | [[Category:Sensors]] | ||